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Lay

Vineyard site

Lay is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 3.6 ha in Lehmen. It makes up 0.4% of the Großlage Weinhex. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south-west of Koblenz and 16 km south of Neuwied.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
3.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.47 × 0.25 km
Centre
50.2871° N, 7.4540° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Burg Cochem
Großlage
Weinhex

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-west of Koblenz
Nearest city
16 km south of Neuwied 66,805 people
To the sea
280 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (0.2 km)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
74–155 m
Mean elevation
101 m
Mean slope
33.6° (66 %)
Steepest tenth
above 52°
Faces
east

Measured over the whole outline on 4,080 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

Neighbours

Sources

Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbergslagen (dl-de/by-2-0)

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